KHAIRPUR: Census 2017 has started in three district
s of Sukkur division – Khairpur, Sukkur and Ghotki.
Khairpur Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Saleem Rajpoot inaugurated the census on Tuesday.
On the occasion, the DC gave a briefing to the media and said that 2,030 pe
rsonnel of the army, navy and Rangers; 1,970 policemen and 1,271 civilian staff members had been deployed to carry out census in al
l three district
s of the division.
He said that the pe
rsonnel had been deployed at eight talukas (sub-divisions) of the districts: Khairpur, Kingri, Gambat, Sobho Dero, Kot Diji, Nara, Thari Mirwah and Faiz Ganj.
He said that during the first phase, numbers would be entered on houses and forms filled.
He said that a control rooms had been set up at the district and taluka levels. He urged the public to cooperate with the censu
s staff.
In Ghotki district, around 1,181 policemen, 23 police mobi
les and 42 motorcycles were made part of the security detail.